It’s really your choice to buy the model you need and can afford. Apparently enough people do that they know exactly where to price their models.

They do have marketing people employed that are far more experts than you and me how to squeeze customers for maximum profit. If people weren’t buying low storage models, they wouldn’t make them.

Since they are, they’re obviously selling them. My parents regularly buy the lower storage models quite happily.

So I’m not sure what point you’re making? They should cut back on their profits because “some reasons” or for the good of the world? lol no.